The Gibson Family

I’m John Gibson. Married to Sylvia with [hesitates] two children.
Rory’s long gone, happily married and trying for a baby, but Felicity – Flick –
is still at home. I love her dearly – we both do – but she’s not been an easy
child, not since she fell in with a bad crowd and got involved with drugs. We
seem to spend a lot of time and money bailing her out and sometimes I just
don’t know what to do for the best.

And a lot of that money
had been put aside for mummy’s nursing home fees, John! You think I don’t know,
but I’m not stupid. I’m Sylvia Gibson
and I could have been somebody, but I
gave it all up when I got pregnant with Rory. My life could have been so
different. And John – he seems to spend too much time bothering about other
people’s children and not enough time with his own. Something isn’t right and I
don’t know what it is – but I will find out.

Hey you guys! I’m Felicity Gibson, though ’most everyone
calls me Flick. Nah, I’m no angel, but who wants to be perfect? My brother Rory
is the perfect one. Mum’s so uptight, I swear she’ll explode one day, and my
dad keeps disappearing – I think he might be having an affair, but honestly, I
don’t care that much. I just want to have a bit of fun, so I hang out with the
fun people. There aren’t many in this village, so sometimes I have to go
further afield and I get into trouble occasionally, but that’s OK because my
dad always helps me out. They’ve got tons of money and nobody to spend it on
except me!Good evening
to you all, I am Louisa Macleod, Sylvia’s mother. My husband inherited his
family estate in Scotland. He is no longer with us, but my son tends to the
estate business. I cannot look after myself in that great house, so I am looking - with Sylvia’s assistance, of course - for accommodation in an upper class
nursing home, closer to Sylvia. Oh and of course John Gibson, my son in-law. Thus far,
nothing has met with my complete satisfaction, but we are still looking. I do
want to keep my independence, so living with Sylvia here in Littlewich is simply not an
option. Besides, I cannot abide such close communities where the only
entertainment seems to be gossip! I am accustomed to a wider, more worldly
lifestyle.